comparar
Spanish, verb/kompaˈɾaɾ/
comparar is spelled C-O-M-P-A-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,928th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comparar is a Spanish verb meaning “to compare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Examinar dos o más cosas para descubrir sus relaciones, diferencias o semejanzas”.
What does comparar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compare
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Examinar dos o más cosas para descubrir sus relaciones, diferencias o semejanzas. 2. Establecer una semejanza o analogía entre dos cosas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of comparar
- comparo first-person present singular
- comparé first-person preterite singular
- comparado participle past
- comparando gerund
- comparada feminine participle past
- comparados masculine participle past
- comparadas feminine participle past
- comparas indicative informal present
- comparás indicative informal present
- compara indicative present singular
- comparamos first-person indicative plural
- comparáis indicative plural present
- comparan indicative plural present
- comparaba first-person imperfect indicative
- comparabas imperfect indicative second-person
- comparábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- comparabais imperfect indicative plural
- comparaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comparar?
- /kompaˈɾaɾ/
- [kõm.paˈɾaɾ]
- [kõmpaˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to comparar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comparar in Spanish?
comparar appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).